Look, this just shouldn’t have been this hard. I think we can all agree that cultural attitudes towards homosexuality have changed and changed very rapidly in the past 20, 30 years. Hell, gay people in Texas have only been able to get married since 2015. As such, most people would be understanding if Hart had just from the get-go come out and apologized sincerely. But he didn’t do that! So stop defending him!

I apologize for the tweets that have come to light tonight from when I was 14 and 15. I used a poor choice of word that doesn’t reflect who I am or what I believe. I did not intend to single out any individual or group.